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W. 1. STIMPSON.

LOOM TEMPLE.

No 573,308. Patented Dec. 15, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VALLAOE I. STIMPSON, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO TH DUTCHERTEMPLE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LOOMY-TEMPLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,308, dated December15, 1896.

Ap lication fil d June 10, 1896. SerialNo. 594,907. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLACE I. STIMPSON, of Hopedale, county ofWorcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inLoom-Temples,of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

In loom -temples as now commonly made and in use the cloth after passingthe roll emerges from the temple through an open slot between the innerside edges of the cap and pod. This construction is objectionablebecause when a fault occurs in the cloth, so that the latter presentsloose yarn, which becomes wrapped about the roll or in any way obstructsits movement, or if a fault occurs in the cloth which should be removedby cutting the same out, the operative with a knife or other cuttinginstrument cuts the yarn or cloth while on the roll, the blade of theknife being used against the roll, and in this operation the knifealways strikes the very fine sharp teeth of the roll and blunts ordamages them, so that thereafter they cannot enter the cloth properly,but on the contrary they tear and'damage the cloth, and the templerollhas to be removed and'a new one inserted. To prevent the operative fromputting a knife against the roll, I have provided the inner edge of thecap with a downturned lip or guard which so far closes the clOth-passageat the rear side of. the roll as to preclude the intro duction of theblade of a knife to out any thing off against the roll.

Figure 1, in top or plan view, shows a loom temple embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, a

section in the line 00; Fig. 3, a section in the line so; and Fig. 4.15:partial longitudinal section of the cap above the roll in the line Fig.1.

The stand A, the shank B, the cap a, pod 6, heel c, and roll d, havingsharp points or pins cl, are and may be all as usual.

I have provided the cap a with a lip or guard a, extended downwardlyfrom the inner side of the cap toward the top of the heel, said guardalmost closing up the usual cloth-passage at the rear side of the rolland completely obviating the introduction of a knifeblade in suchposition as to out against the roll d to sever the cloth or yarn.

This invention is not limited to the exact shape shown for the lip orguard, or to making it one and the same piece with the cap; but suchconstruction is preferable for cheapness of construction.

The lugor ear e at the free end of the cap which receives the usualjournal or pin on which the roll turns is herein shown as made longerthan heretofore, so that it extends down to substantially the lineoccupied by the periphery of the roll, so that said lug, and not theroll, as heretofore, keeps the cloth down. This construction results ingreatly reducing the wear on the said journals andon the said rolls andadds very greatly to the life of the temple.

In Fig. 4 I have shownvthe lug or ear c extended down to take the strainof the cloth. The dotted lines in said figure show where the said earusually terminates.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1S'-- A loom-temple having its cap provided with a lipor guard at the rear side of the roll, to nearly close the cloth-passagethereat, sub stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WALLACE I. STIMPSON.

Witnesses GEORGE E. STIM'P'soN, FRANK J. BUTCHER.

